Title:A human development index at the household level
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Author(s):HARTTGEN, Kenneth; KLASEN, StephanDate:2011Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:Georg-August-Universität Göttingen; Courant Research Centre Discussion Paper; 2011/75Abstract:One of the most serious weaknesses of the human development index (HDI) is does not take into account the distribution of human development within a country. All previous attempts to capture inequality in the HDI have also ...

Title:A simple benchmark for forecasts of growth and inflation
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Author(s):MARCELLINO, MassimilianoDate:2006Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:CEPR Discussion Paper; 2006/6012Abstract:A theoretical model for growth or inflation should be able to reproduce the empirical features of these variables better than competing alternatives. Therefore, it is common practice in the literature, whenever a new model ...

Title:Ability drain
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Author(s):SCHIFF, MauriceDate:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2015/92; Global Governance Programme-205; Global EconomicsAbstract:Brain drain effects of migration has been studied extensively. Ability drain has not. While data constraints impede assessments of the extent of ability drain, it is suggestive that immigrants or their children founded ...